TMHS 789: 3 Simple Health Practices To Get You Fitter & More Functional This Summer
The Model Health Show
Shawn Stevenson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2024
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Fitness is a critical piece of your overall wellness, but you don’t need to be in the gym around the clock to make progress. If you want to build a better body this summer, there are certain movement inputs you can incorporate into your daily routine – and that’s what you’re going to learn on today’s show.
On this episode of The Model Health Show, you’re going to discover three simple health practices to get you fitter and more functional this summer. These powerful strategies can be implemented when you’re spending time with friends and family or watching tv at home. You’re going to learn how to upgrade simple movements and practices in your daily life.
Best of all, these three simple practices can be added to your existing routine – no matter what your summer plans entail. As always, we’re going to cover the science and how to implement it in the real world. So click play and enjoy the show!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How your mindset can affect the expression of your body.
- What it means to implement active activities.
- Why you need to give yourself permission to do things that are fun.
- How to create a culture of health and fitness in your community.
- Creative ideas for adding more walking to your routine.
- What mirror neurons are and how they work.
- How getting outside can make activity better.
- What it means to upgrade your sitting time
- The health benefits of sitting on the floor.
- What the sit-and-rise test is, and what it can tell you about your health.
- How to add various movement inputs to your lifestyle.
- The health benefits of standing instead of sitting.
- How standing at a desk can improve your cognitive abilities.
- The importance of taking advantage of the micro-opportunities in your day.
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to the model health show with Sean Stevenson. |
| 0:04.0 | For more visit the model health show. |
| 0:07.0 | On this episode we're going to dive into three simple practices to get you |
| 0:15.5 | fitter and more functional this summer. Physical activity is often lumped into |
| 0:19.9 | this pithy box of quote exercise when indeed there are literally thousands of |
| 0:25.7 | different expressions of what physical activity can be. You can be doing the most |
| 0:30.7 | fun or even the most mundane activities and significantly improve |
| 0:35.8 | your health at the same time. |
| 0:37.7 | And I'm going to show you how. |
| 0:39.3 | In my recent conversation with Harvard psychologist, Dr. Ellen Langer. |
| 0:43.0 | She shared with me a study that she conducted |
| 0:45.0 | on housekeepers at a series of hotels. |
| 0:49.0 | Again, looking at mundane activities, |
| 0:51.0 | things that we might be doing on a daily basis that we can |
| 0:54.9 | actually turn into physical fitness. Now the study was published in the journal |
| 0:59.3 | Psychological Science and it noted that these housekeepers essentially viewed their work as work and that |
| 1:06.1 | quote exercise was something that people did at the gym or someplace outside of work. Now nearly 100 women took part in this study. Half of them |
| 1:16.0 | were placed in the control group that were given general health information. |
| 1:19.8 | While the other half, the experiment group, were taught how the work that they were doing |
| 1:25.2 | was substantial exercise. They were given examples of how certain jobs like mopping and changing |
| 1:31.4 | sheets compared to exercises like row machines and lateral |
| 1:35.6 | raises. |
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